Red Durians! (D Dulcis)

by FH2o on August 24, 2006

You have seen pink bananas here but have you ever heard of or seen red durians? Not me until today when Selba, who in keeping with the ‘practice’ of email forwarders, emailed me this photograph of red durians apparently from Sabah, without any other information.

I trust that they are edible unlike the pink bananas as I can imagine that they are akin to fine red wine! Bon aperitif!

Yes they are from Sabah and they are edible as I found out from here:- “The ‘king of fruits’, the durian, flourishes in Sabah, which has 15 wild varieties. One unique variety has red flesh, and lacks the distinctive fragrance of the durian. This red durian is – sacrilege to durian lovers elsewhere- fried with onions and chilli and served as a side dish or sambal.”

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Wilson August 24, 2006 at 1:55 am

OMG!!!
I have heard about it before, but I don’t believe it, but now…
u didn’t Photoshop it kua~~, hehehe.

Anonymous August 24, 2006 at 2:41 am

You call Kuching/Sarawak home and you dont even know such common thing as a ‘wild jungle durian’…..

FH2O August 24, 2006 at 2:53 am

wilson - see the additional info i posted. its real lah! so no need to photoshop! :)

anonymous - obviously not and that includes wilson and plenty of others. fyi they are found only in sabah not sarawak! u’re smart hor?

nyx August 24, 2006 at 3:14 am

got orange coloured ones too

Chen August 24, 2006 at 5:31 am

The red durians remind me of the orange and yellow coloured jungle durian in Sarawak.
I miss those orange & yellow coloured jungle durians…
Haven’t eat that for years.

I have read about the red durians but never see the photos in the past.
I would definitely love to taste it if I have the chance :)

IML August 24, 2006 at 7:18 am

I wonder how they taste like?

Wuching August 24, 2006 at 10:14 am

i’ve seen them before..in sibu! they call it wild durians, dunno if thats true

Robin August 24, 2006 at 8:57 pm

they put dye?

Happysurfer August 24, 2006 at 9:19 pm

No dye lah. They are naturally coloured - the beauty of nature? Some species are as orange as the evening sun. Kipling comes to mind. Sorry, I couldn’t help it.

QuaVadis August 24, 2006 at 9:51 pm

Isn’t that buah Pakan? a type of wild durians, you can ask your friends if the thorns are hard or soft? Normal durians, u need a blade or something sharp to open, but Pakan can be opened just by stepping on it and the thorns are usually soft.

I prefer pakan to durian anytime :P

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